Witch Yoo Hee

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title_name = Witch Yoo Hee / Witch Amusement


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ko_name = 마녀유희
ko_name_trans = Ma-nyeo YuhuiInfobox kdrama
genre = Comedy, Drama, Romance
producer = Unknown
network = SBS
first_aired = 2007 March 21
last_aired = 2007 May 10
num_episodes = 16
timeslot = Wednesday & Thursday 21:55Infobox kdrama/Namebox
title = Witch Yoo Hee / Witch Amusement
hangul = 마녀유희
hanja = 魔女遊戲
rr = Ma-nyeo Yuhui
mr = Manyŏ Yuhŭi

"Witch Yoo Hee" (also known as "Witch Amusement"), is a South Korean TV drama series broadcasted by SBS in 2007.

Storyline

Ma Yoo Hee (Han Ga In) is the executive of an advertising company. She would never be caught dead wearing make-up and only dresses in black. Her hairstyle and glasses are very business like looks, her only enjoyment in life appears to be the times when she's criticising everything and anyone. All of her employees and co-workers fear her and she is constantly talked about when she's not around. Her stern and harsh nature has earned her the nickname 'witch' When it comes to romance she is hopeless. No matter how many blind dates she has, not one has ever led to a second. The reason for this is her negativity and her inability to loosen up and express herself. She is, however, completely oblivious of her faults and cannot comprehend why she is so bad when it comes to love.

Chae Mu-Ryong (Jae Hee) is an aspiring chef with a passion for French cuisine. He has an innate ability when it comes to taste and perfection. Every piece of food and every plate he prepares must be perfect. However this tends to get him into a lot of trouble because when working in a kitchen every moment counts and there is not possibly enough time to take so much care in preparation and decoration of meals. His criticism of a head chef's cooking causes him to lose his job. His parents have never really approved of his aspirations and dreams to be a famous chef and insist he return to medical school. He decides to enroll back into medical school but changes his mind at the last minute and decides not to.

Mu-Ryong discusses everything with his best friend and ends up going on a blind date to pretend to be someone else who backed out at the last minute. He declines at first since he already has a girlfriend, but his friend offers him money, and warns him however that the woman he will be meeting is rather different.

The woman he meets is Yoo Hee, and while under normal circumstances she would be rude, brash and boring, she tries to be nice and happy in an attempt to succeed on the date. However, her pretending is not very convincing and Mu-Ryong figures that it would be a matter of time before she loses it. The date ends when Mu-Ryong falls asleep for a moment, resulting in Yoo Hee throwing a glass of water at his face and calling him rude. He retorts back to her also, telling her to take care of her appearance the next time she goes on a blind date. The two then leave on bad terms.

While delivering food from his father's Chinese restaurant, Mu-Ryong becomes involved in a car accident, coincidentally with Yoo Hee. They exchange insurance information and Yoo Hee learns that he lied to her on their date, realizing that he is 1 year younger than her, and that he met her only as a favor to a friend.

Yoo Hee demands the money for the damage to her car to be paid within a week. However, Mu-Ryong doesn't have any money, and yet Yoo Hee is unwilling to compromise with him. He decides to use his school tuition, which was given to him by his parents, to pay for her car. However, he loses the money after being mugged on the way to pay her.

Mu-Ryong tells Yoo Hee he doesn't have the money but is willing to work it off, no matter how long it takes or what he must do for her to pay her back. Yoo Hee decides that Mu-Ryong could repay her by working as her house keeper, since she continuously looses her previous keepers.

Meanwhile, Mu-Ryongs girlfriend Seung Mi, who works at her father's restaurant, is expecting a new head chef: Johnny Kruger, a world renowned chef, who also happens to be Mu-Ryong's idol and an acquaintance of Yoo Hee as well.

Cast

* Han Ga In as Ma Yoo Hee
* Jae Hee as Chae Moo Ryong
* Kim Jeong Hoon as Yoo Joon Ha
* Dennis Oh as Johnny Kruger
* Jeon Hye Bin as Nam Seung Mi

Extended Cast

* Ahn Suk Hwan as Chae Byung Seo (Moo Ryong's father)
* Song Ok Sook as Moo Ryong's mother
* Jung Dong Il as Lee Tim Chang
* Hwang Ji Hyun as Han Sae Ra (Yoo Hee's friend)
* Byun Hee Bong as Ma Yoon Hoon (Yoo Hee's father)
* Jo Kye Hyung as Chae Song Hwa (Moo Ryong's brother)
* Jennifer Bae as Alison

Production Crew

* Director: Jun Ki Sang
* Screenwriter: Kim Won Jin, Kim Min Jun

Episode Ratings

Source: [http://www.tnsmk.co.kr/ TNS Media Korea]

International Broadcasting

Philippines

*Airing date: May 19, 2008
*Broadcast Network: GMA Network [http://www.pep.ph/guide/1960/GMA-7%E2%80%99s-Witch-Yoo-Hee-airs-pilot-episode-on-May-19]
*Trivia:
**GMA Network is granted the rights to be the first in Asia to air the series outside of South Korea.

External links

* [http://hangain.info en icon Han Ga In - The unofficial fanclub]
* [http://tv.sbs.co.kr/devils/ ko icon SBS Official Website]
* [http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Witch_Amusement en icon Wiki. D-Addicts]

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